added by Alex Dobrenko · updated 4mo ago
idle gaze 026: the elusive pursuit of true authentic self™
baja and added
- “Perhaps, then, that Instagram shot or confessional tweet isn’t always meant to evoke some mythical, pretend version of ourselves,” he surmised, “but instead seeks to invoke the imagined perfect audience—the non-existent people who will see us exactly as we want to be seen.” “We are not curating an ideal self,” Alang added, “but rather, an ideal Ot... See more
from LaMDA, Lemoine, and the Allures of Digital Re-enchantment by Substack
Keely Adler added
- Identity is contextual and, if we are to live, breathe, and grow, it has to remain contextual. The Internet of the “authentic self” — a loathsome, aberrant idea if there ever was one — is an exercise in slowly getting strangled by your past selves.
from Retrofuturism by stealing
Keely Adler and added